Beyond most museums' budgets, but these directional speakers are pretty cool: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/woody_norris_invents_amazing_things.html
Think Kate Bush, Experiment IV On 3/31/09 4:00 PM, "mcn-l-request at mcn.edu" <mcn-l-request at mcn.edu> wrote: > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mcn-l-request at mcn.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help > please.... (Holly Witchey) > 2. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little > helpplease.... (Jay Hoffman) > 3. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help > please.... (Christina DePaolo) > 4. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little > helpplease.... (Johnson, Peter) > 5. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help > please.... (Bruce Wyman) > 6. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help > please.... (Bruce Wyman) > 7. IP SIG, et al.: AU Panel: 'Scholarly Communication in the > Digital Age' (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]) > 8. Early booking discount finishes today for ISKO UK Conference, > London, 22-23 June 2009 (Leonard Will) > 9. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help > please.... (Leonard Steinbach) > 10. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help > please.... (doug melven) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:22:21 -0400 > From: Holly Witchey <hwitchey at clevelandart.org> > Subject: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little > help please.... > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Cc: Tom Hood <thood at clevelandart.org> > Message-ID: > <5CF048364B79B24694B5430B00F92C1C01F4CA655D at MAIL02.clevelandart.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear List-Servers: > > Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) listening > stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of design doesn't like > the look of big old headphones hanging from the wall--and our customers often > suffer from a fear of germs associated with equiment to be used by many. > Anyone got any cunning ideas as a delivery mechanism that will satisfy the > needs of both parties. Did I mention there's a recession and we aren't > looking to mortgage the farm for this one? > > Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. > Director of New Media Initiatives > The Cleveland Museum of Art > 11150 East Blvd. > Cleveland, Ohio 44106 > Telephone: 216-707-2653 > Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:53:24 -0400 > From: "Jay Hoffman" <Jay at GallerySystems.com> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A > little helpplease.... > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Cc: Tom Hood <thood at clevelandart.org> > Message-ID: > <81314D11B3449840906FA6E34A6D08C8C6BAC6 at gsml.gallerysystems.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Holly/Tom - How would this work?: provide the 2 standard headphone jacks > (IPod and Mobile Phone, 3.5mm and 2.5mm) at each station and let people > use their own headphones. For those who don't have their own, let them > purchase the cheap airline type in the museum shop. > > Jay > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Holly Witchey > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 7:22 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Cc: Tom Hood > Subject: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little > helpplease.... > > Dear List-Servers: > > Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) > listening stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of > design doesn't like the look of big old headphones hanging from the > wall--and our customers often suffer from a fear of germs associated > with equiment to be used by many. Anyone got any cunning ideas as a > delivery mechanism that will satisfy the needs of both parties. Did I > mention there's a recession and we aren't looking to mortgage the farm > for this one? > > Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. > Director of New Media Initiatives > The Cleveland Museum of Art > 11150 East Blvd. > Cleveland, Ohio 44106 > Telephone: 216-707-2653 > Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:58:06 -0700 > From: Christina DePaolo <Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A > little help please.... > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Cc: Tom Hood <thood at clevelandart.org> > Message-ID: > <6440C474B3F6FE4EB44B34421B3E501E1645631ADA at dtes01.SAM.Home> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > We have had a lot of good results with sound cones. Is that a possibility for > your installation? They are affordable and easy to install/manage. We use them > in our African and Native American Galleries and special exhibits. > > Christina > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Holly > Witchey > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 4:22 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Cc: Tom Hood > Subject: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help > please.... > > Dear List-Servers: > > Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) listening > stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of design doesn't like > the look of big old headphones hanging from the wall--and our customers often > suffer from a fear of germs associated with equiment to be used by many. > Anyone got any cunning ideas as a delivery mechanism that will satisfy the > needs of both parties. Did I mention there's a recession and we aren't > looking to mortgage the farm for this one? > > Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. > Director of New Media Initiatives > The Cleveland Museum of Art > 11150 East Blvd. > Cleveland, Ohio 44106 > Telephone: 216-707-2653 > Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:02:37 -0700 > From: "Johnson, Peter" <pjohnson at skirball.org> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A > little helpplease.... > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <2A6CDDE8F1CB5D428E7CA6014794A58201EA4D90 at scc-mail.skirball.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > We also make use of sound cones. There tends to be a little bleed-off of > the sound as you near them, but it's not disruptive, and you can't > really hear much until you are directly underneath the cone. > > Peter Johnson > Project Manager for Records, Documents & Images > Skirball Cultural Center > 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. > Los Angeles, CA 90049 > 310-440-4707 > pjohnson at skirball.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Holly Witchey > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 4:22 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Cc: Tom Hood > Subject: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little > helpplease.... > > Dear List-Servers: > > Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) > listening stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of > design doesn't like the look of big old headphones hanging from the > wall--and our customers often suffer from a fear of germs associated > with equiment to be used by many. Anyone got any cunning ideas as a > delivery mechanism that will satisfy the needs of both parties. Did I > mention there's a recession and we aren't looking to mortgage the farm > for this one? > > Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. > Director of New Media Initiatives > The Cleveland Museum of Art > 11150 East Blvd. > Cleveland, Ohio 44106 > Telephone: 216-707-2653 > Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:42:39 -0600 > From: Bruce Wyman <bwyman at denverartmuseum.org> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A > little help please.... > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: <p06240879c5f7338e0178@[192.168.0.6]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> We have had a lot of good results with sound cones. Is that a >> possibility for your installation? They are affordable and easy to >> install/manage. We use them in our African and Native American >> Galleries and special exhibits. > > The Tech Museum in San Jose did an exhibition about four years ago in > which they built their own sound domes -- sound tubes, really -- > in-house. They worked just as well as the commercially available > sound domes for a fraction of the cost (I'd guess around $200 vs $2k). > > Attached is an image (assuming that the MCN listserv doesn't get all > fussy about image attachments) in which you can see three of the > sound tubes hanging form the ceiling (I've overexposed the image so > you can actually see them). The trick there was to have enough > vertical space to make the tube long enough to work. I'd imagine if > you were working with a drop ceiling you could hide part of it in the > ceiling to reduce the overall visual impact. > > -bw. -- Nancy Proctor Head of New Media Initiatives Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) MRC 970 PO Box 37012 Washington DC 20013-7012 USA o: +1-202-633-8439 f: +1-202-633-8455 c: +1-301-642-6257 proctorn at si.edu http://www.americanart.si.edu http://eyelevel.si.edu/
